Subreddits and third-party apps are going dark in response to Reddit’s proposed API changes. It’s the latest front in a labor battle between algorithms and the humans who feed them.
In all likelihood, the fediverse will not take off like people think it will. It's just slightly too complicated for the average person to instantly give a chance. I don't see any real reason to bring it up in an article like this.
This is my thinking as well. I’m here from reddit after shutting Apollo down but even now I’m still wondering what the hell is going on.
Lemmy seems to be in all the feeds but seems a one way street.
I’ve added magazines but I’m still lost. Maybe a few months I’ve figured it but I could easily see people says nah not for me.
I've said this before, but maybe pretending the entire Internet is equal to 5 apps from mega corps (largely fueled by pretend money) wasn't the best long term play?
The problem is that most of the usable, visible, Web is equal to that. Google & Microsoft control most of what we see. Pinterest controls image access. Meta drives engagement to companies, and Reddit drives linkouts. Twitter handles most major news sources. Occasionally there's a chance that StackOverflow or Quora put in a word or two.
Society leads us to ever larger communities. Corporations just make profit based on human behavior.
Honestly, the internet needed to be shaken up. Both twitter and reddit blowing up at the same time has given me a perfect excuse to check out the fediverse and other services. It's the perfect storm.
I'm just glad to be here. it fills the void while I'm waiting for that habit to die. and maybe I'll make some friends or at least have civil conversations with people.
Not gonna lie, where I was mildly satisfied/entertained with Reddit, having squabble, kbin and tildes, sorting on all on new across all the sites is still kinda not enough interesting content, for me personally. I'm sure day by day it will get better. it's already more interactive and feels more welcome across the board to add to the conversation, just don't get those big full comment sections that take time to work through and keep my brain from being aware of my surroundings.
I think the last straw for me was when I went to Reddit and noticed that all the awful news from the Supreme Court was given hearts and thumbs up and various other awards suggesting approval of the court's terrible, self-serving decisions. The site had been up to this point fairly progressive, but I feel like this is going to be the start of a new, more right-wing Reddit. (As if Twitter and the half dozen conservative microblogs trying to be Twitter weren't bad enough.)
I noticed this too and get much more prominent soon as things were announced. Even a sub like /Joerogan where Rogan is "left" had pretty tame right wing theme (compared to the big rightwing subs) but soon as it was announced all the ones that were mostly quiet or restrained just let loose.
There is so much astroturfing on Reddit these days. I'm sure there are people being paid to manipulate the narratives on social media. Even if it wasn't a local entity, it'd be an easy way for foreign governments to sow discord (pretty cheaply). Can you imagine? All you have to do to reach millions of Americans is to pay a person(s) to log into 1000 accounts and upvote something or give awards to a post. Reddit doesn't care cuz they get the moneys and they get the "engagement" they need to IPO.
And to make matters worse Reddit has chased off or straight up removed a good chunk of the moderators who would have helped keep the bots at bay. Now it's an astroturfing playground out there with nobody to stop them.
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